2x more BPs..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 11:26 (nine years ago) link
Breaks, Murray to serve. A tie break would be a travesty.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 11:27 (nine years ago) link
brilliant return game
― groovemaaan, Sunday, 25 January 2015 11:27 (nine years ago) link
but its 0-30 in the next..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 11:29 (nine years ago) link
what we needed was an assured set of 1st serves. 15-40
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 11:31 (nine years ago) link
Fucking DF...tie break it is.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 11:33 (nine years ago) link
pulling my hair out @ this.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 11:34 (nine years ago) link
Good challenge Dimitrov, then wins points after an excellent rally, on serve: 2-1
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 11:36 (nine years ago) link
that pass!!!!
― groovemaaan, Sunday, 25 January 2015 11:38 (nine years ago) link
siiick passing backhand
― cerealbar, Sunday, 25 January 2015 11:39 (nine years ago) link
Dimitrov to serve for the set
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 11:41 (nine years ago) link
sigh
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 11:42 (nine years ago) link
That Murray game where he failed to serve out the 2nd set was such a failure. Like, that drop-shot was nearly as tragic as the DF.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Sunday, 25 January 2015 12:09 (nine years ago) link
Two more BPs Murray
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 12:17 (nine years ago) link
Two decent 1st serves..
Murray does break - and here we go again.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 12:21 (nine years ago) link
No dramas. 2-1
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 12:23 (nine years ago) link
No way he is winning another slam playing like this but really should be more than enough for Dim.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 12:24 (nine years ago) link
ffs 3-0 Dimitrov
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 12:40 (nine years ago) link
Although there appeared to be something going on with Murray's left wrist, not sure if that was a factor.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 12:41 (nine years ago) link
I got distracted by something else: Murray one point away, seems Dim acted like the shitty player he is.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 13:23 (nine years ago) link
lmao Murray you lucky bastard
― Roz, Sunday, 25 January 2015 13:24 (nine years ago) link
And comes though, listening on radio...net cord or something. Why didn't this end an hour ago? Goran is 'happy'.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 25 January 2015 13:25 (nine years ago) link
xp
Dimitrov really unimpressive - some flashy patches of play as ever but he didn't make Murray pay for any of those missed opportunities and the final choke was hilarious. Peak racquet smash though, best I've seen since Zvonareva.
Murray's purple patch at the end was welcome and Kyrgios is a nice match-up in the next round.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 25 January 2015 13:55 (nine years ago) link
Peak racquet smash though
That was proper mega-tantrum lolz.
― ailsa, Sunday, 25 January 2015 15:08 (nine years ago) link
great pt by cibu to get to 5-3 3d set
― johnny crunch, Monday, 26 January 2015 02:23 (nine years ago) link
serenas in srs trouble
― johnny crunch, Monday, 26 January 2015 03:58 (nine years ago) link
that key second game of third set. <3 better serving in the 2nd half of that match than i've seen from her in like 2 years. muguruza was dictating like the whole match, but serena did a better job of moving her around and hitting with controlled power as the match went on and just generally BSing her way through the match and staying mentally strong despite woeful BP %/comical approach shots. PROUD.
― uberweiss, Monday, 26 January 2015 05:15 (nine years ago) link
the scheduling is just the worst. this is the second year in a row i've missed domi blowing up the draw
― groovemaaan, Monday, 26 January 2015 06:21 (nine years ago) link
wow a straightforward win for Kei. I hope he can repeat his USO win over Stan now.
Domi! Finding form out of nowhere.
― lex pretend, Monday, 26 January 2015 07:55 (nine years ago) link
raonic has such a punchable face
― groovemaaan, Monday, 26 January 2015 08:48 (nine years ago) link
wow, Lopez saves two MPs in the fourth set TB (after saving two MPs in R1 and one MP in R2) to take it into a fifth. Saved one with a s&v and the second on Raonic's serve with a brilliant BH pass
― lex pretend, Monday, 26 January 2015 08:49 (nine years ago) link
Aga approaches off a mid-pace short ball down the middle, Venus buries the pass in the bottom of the net
― lex pretend, Monday, 26 January 2015 08:55 (nine years ago) link
12-deuce game and Venus breaks...
― lex pretend, Monday, 26 January 2015 09:05 (nine years ago) link
Venus losing it. That smash into the back fence...
― lex pretend, Monday, 26 January 2015 10:04 (nine years ago) link
Radwanska is so useless, I love it. So close, Venus! Please not yet another close 3 set slam loss.
― uberweiss, Monday, 26 January 2015 10:26 (nine years ago) link
That smash triggered her getting it together to an extent. From a break down to 4-1 up but this is patchy tennis.
― lex pretend, Monday, 26 January 2015 10:26 (nine years ago) link
Only just got home at 1-0 in the third but if Radwanska has been playing like this how did she even win games let alone a set. My god, she has no kill shots as ever but she doesn't even have touch. Keys would just annihilate her, so might as well lose to Venus.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Monday, 26 January 2015 10:28 (nine years ago) link
Aga's timing is all over the place now
― Roz, Monday, 26 January 2015 10:29 (nine years ago) link
Aga's approaches and volleys were terrible all night, really. Venus stemmed her UEs impressively...
― lex pretend, Monday, 26 January 2015 10:33 (nine years ago) link
amazing win for Venus! although radwanska literally was just unbelievably bad.
― uberweiss, Monday, 26 January 2015 10:36 (nine years ago) link
Predix:
Serena vs CibulkovaKeys vs RadwanskaMakarova vs HalepBouchard vs Sharapova
Djokovic vs RaonicWawrinka vs NishikoriBerdych vs NadalMurray vs Kyrgios
15/16. could not be more ecstatic about the one i got wrong!!
― uberweiss, Monday, 26 January 2015 10:37 (nine years ago) link
Women's QFs set.
(1) Serena Williams vs. (11) Dominika CibulkovaMadison Keys vs. (18) Venus Williams(10) Ekaterina Makarova vs. (3) Simona Halep(7) Eugenie Bouchard vs. (2) Maria Sharapova
H2Hs
Serena 4-0 DomiVenus 1-0 MadisonSimona 1-0 KateMaria 3-0 Eugenie
Venus/Keys seems like the only one that could potentially go the other way but even then I'm backing Venus. I changed my mind and put some money on her before this match - realised that she'd been physically done when she played Aga the last few times, but the day off would have helped her here. Never looked in danger of tiring.
― lex pretend, Monday, 26 January 2015 10:37 (nine years ago) link
oh wait djokovic didn't play yet lol
― uberweiss, Monday, 26 January 2015 10:39 (nine years ago) link
makarova/halep doesn't seem very set in stone to me!
― uberweiss, Monday, 26 January 2015 10:41 (nine years ago) link
I think Makarova might need to really peak to win though, Halep will expose her movement
― lex pretend, Monday, 26 January 2015 10:47 (nine years ago) link
GarbiƱe gives some advice:
Q. Maria Sharapova has not beaten Serena in 10 years. If you could give Maria any advice from your experience, what would you tell her?
GARBINE MUGURUZA: [...] I think maybe improve more the way she plays to beat her. I think the way she plays is not the way to beat Serena. That's what I saw in the 10 years.
― groovemaaan, Monday, 26 January 2015 13:23 (nine years ago) link
So happy Domi has managed to hold on to some of those finalist points from last year after flopping the entire rest of the year. The massive free-fall predicted has not come.
Now pulling for her or Kate Mak to win the whole thing even though this will not occur.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Monday, 26 January 2015 13:26 (nine years ago) link
Garbi :D
Men's QF set. Only Fed failed to make it out of the top 8 seeds.
(1) Novak Djokovic vs. (8) Milos Raonic(4) Stan Wawrinka vs. (5) Kei Nishikori(7) Tomas Berdych vs. (3) Rafael Nadal(6) Andy Murray vs. Nick Kyrgios
Novak 4-0 MilosStan 2-1 KeiRafa 18-3 TomasAndy 1-0 Nick
― lex pretend, Monday, 26 January 2015 13:42 (nine years ago) link